You don't have to be in France to fête Bastille Day this weekend and next week.

July 14th is the official French 'Independence Day' (ou, La Fête Nationale) - the 222nd anniversary of the day French Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, and demanded their rights as outlined in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

As July 14th falls on a Thursday this year, many Bastille Day celebrations around the world will take place this weekend.

Bastille Day in New York
Can-Can dancers perform in lower Manhattan prior to the Les Halles restaurant annual Bastille Day Waiters Race in New York, July 14, 2004. The annual Bastille Day celebration features a race in which waiters and waitresses from restaurants in New York and several other countries compete to be the fastest to walk a two-block long race trying not to spill their wine and French fries on the street Reuters
Bastille Day in Philadelphia
Nighttime Façade of the Eastern State Penitentiary, which will be transformed into the French Bastille on July 16, 2011 Eastern State Penitentiary
Bastille Day in South Africa
An undated handout photograph of Delhaire Winery in South Africa. Reuters
Bastille Day in Paris
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the traditional Bastille Day fireworks display in Paris Reuters
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